Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport (EPAS) of the Council of Europe (COE) held an online webinar on March 10 focusing on the revising the European Sports Charter.

The aims of the consultation webinar were to get an outline of the state of play regarding the revision of the ESC, in particular to identify features of the European sport framework and its organisation for possible inclusion, and discussing implementation and monitoring framework for the ESC.



European University Sports Association (EUSA) is a member of the Consultative Committee of EPAS, taking part in the webinar and consultations.

The European Sports Charter (ESC) is the Council of Europe standard which lays down the basic principles for national sports policies, allowing governments to provide their citizens with opportunities to practice sport under well-defined conditions. It inspires policy makers and provides guidance to member states on how to perfect their existing sport legislations or other policies and to develop a comprehensive framework for sport.



The Charter has been, and still is, a reference point for the development of sport in Europe since its adoption in 1992, and countries and sports have benefited from the principles and values it portrays.

The latest process to start revising the Charter began in 2018 in Tbilisi (Georgia) at the 15th Council of Europe Conference of Ministers responsible for sport, which through its adopted resolutions, invited EPAS to consider reviewing the Charter.

For more information on the revision of the European Sport Charter, please see https://www.coe.int/en/web/sport/revision-esc